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Bengaluru: Thousands of hospitals are enrolled in the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka (ABARK) scheme, providing essential services. However, the absence of an efficient system to identify the network of hospitals by the state government has led to difficulties for patients and their families during emergencies. Several private insurance companies have developed mobile apps and websites to facilitate the identification of registered hospitals, making it easier to locate the nearest hospital in urgent situations. Unfortunately, the state government has not implemented such a system, leaving beneficiaries struggling to identify the nearest hospital even with a card under the ABARK scheme. This has led to patients wandering from one hospital to another to access services in times of emergencies. Initially, a list of registered hospitals was available on the ‘Arogya Karnataka’ website when the project began. The Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust, managing the scheme, also provided a list

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday, December 22, announced that the state government will withdraw the hijab ban decision. “We will withdraw the hijab ban. Women can wear hijab and go. I have directed officers to withdraw the ban order. Choice of dress & food is personal. Why should I obstruct? Wear what you want. Eat what you want. I wear a dhoti, you wear a pants and shirt. What’s wrong with that? One mustn’t do politics for votes,” he said, while addressing a gathering in Mysore. Announcing on X, Siddaramaiah slammed PM Narendra Modi’s ‘sab ka saath-sab ka vikas’ slogan as ‘bogus’ “The BJP is doing the work of dividing people and dividing society based on clothes, dress, caste. I have asked officials to withdraw the hijab ban,” he said. ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ @narendramodi ಅವರ ಸಬ್ ಕಾ ಸಾಥ್-ಸಬ್ ಕಾ ವಿಕಾಸ್ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಬೋಗಸ್. ಬಟ್ಟೆ, ಉಡುಪು, ಜಾತಿ, ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಜನರನ್ನು ವಿಭಜಿಸುವ, ಸಮಾಜವನ್ನು ಒಡೆಯುವ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು @BJP4India ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಹಿಜಾಬ್ ನಿಷೇಧವನ್ನು ವಾಪಾಸ್ ಪಡೆಯಲು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ. #Hijab p

Bengaluru: The opposition BJP came down heavily on the Congress government in Karnataka on Friday for flaunting rich fortune and luxury lifestyles’ after a video went viral showing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his cabinet colleague B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan in a private jet. In the video, Siddaramaiah is seen along with Housing Minister Khan and Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, among others. Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra said: “If bigotry had a face, @INCKarnataka govt would be the Best of it! At a time, when whole of Karnataka is reeling under severe drought, farmers staring at the worst of crisis with loss of crops & no rainfall & hardly any development works taking off, all that @CMofKarnataka & his team of cabinet ministers could think of is flaunting their Rich Fortunes & Luxury Lifestyles over the poor damsels of the State!”. “By the way, they were traveling in this luxurious aircraft to seek funds for drought relief works! What a crude mockery of

Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that he has warned the officers about repeating any lapses that occurred in the previous BJP government) during the Covid pandemic. Addressing a press conference at Vidhana Soudha after conducting a high-level meeting against the backdrop of the spike in the Covid-19 cases in the state, he said: “I have told officers not to repeat those lapses.” He said that a cabinet sub-committee will be constituted to ensure efficient and transparent management of Covid and it will meet frequently every two to three days. The committee will engage with members of the Technical Advisory Committee, and all decisions made by the advisory committee will be implemented in toto, he said. Also Read Siddaramaiah meets Shah, urges him to release drought relief funds The decision has been made to increase testing in Karnataka to 5,000 every day. “The meeting was attended by myself, Deputy CM, Home Minister, Health Minister, Medical E

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday decided to constitute a cabinet sub-committee for proper coordination with experts to take necessary decisions aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, including precautions to be taken, and treatment provided. Karnataka has recorded three COVID-19 deaths in the past week. Siddaramaiah calls for calm After chairing a meeting with Ministers, officials, and experts, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah appealed to people not to panic, but to be cautious and take precautionary measures like wearing face masks. “A cabinet sub-committee will be constituted. Who will head it and who will be its members will be decided at the cabinet meeting. The cabinet sub-committee will meet frequently, and will also meet the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC consisting of experts). There must be proper coordination between the cabinet sub-committee and the TAC,” Siddaramaiah told reporters. “Whatever is the advice given by the TAC, should be implemented in

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday met Home Minister Amit Shah and asked him to release drought relief funds by convening a high-level committee meeting. The Chief Minister submitted a three page letter to Amit Shah in which he said: “It is learned that the sub-committee of the National Executive Committee, chaired by the union Agriculture Secretary, met on November 13 and considered Karnataka’s memorandums and the report of the IMCT. “The sub-committee, it is learnt, has submitted its report to the Ministry of Home, which is expected to place the same before the high-level committee which you chair. “It is nearly three months since we submitted our first memorandum and two months since the Inter Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) made its field visits. The farmers of Karnataka are in deep distress. Since crops have failed, it is necessary that we pay the input subsidy to the farmers soon so as to alleviate their hardship and suffering. “I earnestly look f

Bengaluru: A 64-year-old man died in the city due to COVID-19 infection five days ago, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Wednesday. Asked if the cause of death is the new subvariant JN.1 of the SARS CoV-2 virus, he said it is not known so far. The person, who had comorbidities, was a resident of Chamarajpet and died on December 15, the Minister told reporters. “It is still not known whether the patient had JN.1 sub variant infection. He had heart failure, and also TB infection. He also had hypertension, lung disease, bronchial asthma, along with COVID-19 and pneumonia,” Rao added. Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare Services, Randeep D, told PTI: “It’s the first (COVID death) after recent surge in cases”. Rao, meanwhile, said the state government would increase testing to gauge the rate of COVID-19 infections. In the next three days, it intends to increase the number to 5,000 tests per day. RT-PCR tests have been made mandatory for all severe acute respira